The next night little May said: “Oh, mamma, I saw a horse kick a dog
to-day, and I wonder if we could make a toy like that.”

Mamma smiled and said: “After having made that one-legged sailor that
could play a violin I think we can make almost anything in the way of toys.”
So material was got ready.

“But let us make a donkey instead of a horse,” said mamma, “because
donkeys kick harder. First tet us draw head, body and the fore legs as we see
them in figure five. Then let us cut out the hind legs as we have them, let us
' fasten the hind legs to the body with our string rivet, put a hole in the little
opening we have left for it, and see our donkey kick.”

May clapped her hands with glee. ‘But where is the dog, mamma?” said
she.

“We will have to fix that,” said mamma.

So a dog was cut out in one piece, as shown in the figure, a string was
fastened behind and pulled, and the poor little dog went over and over as we
see it in the cut.

‘Now paint your donkey and dog whatever color you want,” said mamma,
“and you will have another toy.”

The next night May said: “Why can we not make an elephant—make a
regular Jumbo?”

“I think we can,” said mamma, ‘and as Jumbo was the largest elephant
that was ever seen in America we will have to make our elephant large. Let
us make him at least sixteen inches long”

May brought the card-board and mamma said: “Cut out the body and
legs all in one piece, as shown in figure six; then cut head and trunk from
another piece, the tail from another, fasten the head to the body with our
string rivet, just as we have done before, and fasten the tail in the same way.
Next put the string through the tail and through the ear, where we have left
an opening; make this string just a little bit tight; tie a thread at the middle
of this string and pull down upon it.” May did so, and was surprised to see
the elephant throw up its head and tail just as she had seen live elephants do.

Mamma took the elephant in her hand and held it between the lamp and
wall. What was little May’s surprise to see the shadow of a great big elephant
cast upon the wall, and when mamma pulled the string and the elephant threw
up its great big head and tail, little May thought it was just the finest toy she
had made yet.

Little May was proud of the toys she had made and amused herself with
them for many days, but bye and bye she wanted something new, and after
coming from the store one day with her mamma she said: “Oh, mamma,